Features

Technology

The form of any Wilson Loudspeaker, its industrial design, is invariably the
physical manifestation of a specific function. The angled front baffle evoke
the Mezzo's low-profile architecture. The Mezzo's angled front baffle more
correctly aligns the drivers for coherence in the time domain, presenting the
listener with a detailed and transparent soundstage of proper width and
depth.

The midrange baffle of the enclosure's baffle is made from S-material,
Wilson Audio’s newest proprietary composite. First used in the midrange
baffle in Sasha W/P, S-material provides a near perfect balance between
resonance control and the preservation of midrange beauty.

Adjustable tweeter module design allows for optimization of Mezzo's array
geometry specifically addressing the challenges of a low-profile
loudspeaker. Achieving near perfect driver-alignment at the listening
position requires the adjustment of the tweeter by changing its relative
position in relation to the midrange and woofer drivers, such that all of the
drivers' acoustic centers are equidistant from the listener. The tweeter
module is adjustable via a provided chart according to ear height and
listening distance, and for a variety of Mezzo installation strategies. Whether
the Mezzo is installed directly on the floor, on one-of-two custom designed
stands, or in custom cabinets, the Mezzo's drivers can be properly aligned to
accommodate these scenarios.

The Mezzo crossover features technology adapted from the Sasha W/P,
which in turn found it genesis in the Series 2 Alexandria and the MAXX
Series 3. The goal was to reduce propagation-delay "jitter"– noise generated
as a result interactions between the different crossovers. Mezzo's overall
resolution, intertransient silence, dynamic speed, and nuance are nearly
identical to the Sasha W/P.

S-material is a relatively new Wilson enclosure composite designed in
conjunction with the Sasha W/P. The Mezzo's S-material front baffle
reduces measurable and audible noise and coloration in the critical
midrange. Wilson's proprietary X-material is used in the balance of the
enclosure walls, continuing Wilson's practice of building ultra-low
resonance cabinets.

The Mezzo is available with two stands. The Hourglass Stand features a
solid front plinth, which allows for 2pi Steradian support of the midrange
and woofer drivers, resulting in more linear and impactful performance in
the upper bass and lower midrange. The second optional stand features a
pedestal that can be customized for different heights.

Drivers

The tweeter, which finds its origins in the Sasha W/P, uses advanced
technology and material in the area behind the diaphragm. All tweeter
diaphragms are partially acoustically transparent. Any out phase or time-
delayed reflections that make their way out of the front of the diaphragm is
heard and measured as noise and distortion. The Mezzo tweeter employs
proprietary materials in combination with proven mechanical configurations
that effectively reduce these time-delayed reflections behind the inverted
dome, preventing them from subsequently corrupting the primary wave. As
with Sasha, the Mezzo tweeter excels in all areas of high-frequency
performance: clarity, dynamic expression, sweetness of tone, and resolution.
It is an excellent companion for the proprietary Wilson midrange driver. The
resulting fabric of tonal beauty woven by these two drivers is both seamless
and complete, richly portraying instruments as they are heard in life.

The success of any great loudspeaker design begins in the critical midrange.
Mezzo sources its midrange driver directly from the groundbreaking Wilson
Alexandria Series-2. When designing this midrange driver, Dave wanted the
bandwidth to be as broad as possible so as to reveal the true tonal density
and color of musical instruments. But perhaps this driver's most far-reaching
achievement is its ability to start and stop nearly instantaneously. Mezzo's
unrivaled ability to reproduce the subtle dynamic shading and low-level
reflections that we recognize from live music are in large measure made
possible by the Wilson midrange driver.

The woofers are also identical to the units used in the Sasha W/P. The speed,
dynamic alacrity, and tunefulness that are all distinctive features of the
Sasha are in evidence here in similar proportions.